
Acting
William Gargan, born William Dennis Gargan July 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA and died February 17, 1979 aged 73 on a flight between New York and San Diego. He was an American motion picture, television and radio actor. Gargan played character roles in many Hollywood productions, including two appearances as detective Ellery Queen, but was best known for his role as Detective Martin Kane in the 1949-51 radio-television series, Martin Kane, Private Eye, sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. He also appeared as a private detective in the NBC radio show Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, which ran from 1951 to 1955.

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Studio One
1948

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Martin Kane, Private Eye
1949

You Only Live Once
1937

Miracle in the Rain
1956

The Bells of St. Mary's
1945

The Story of Temple Drake
1933

Till the End of Time
1946

I Wake Up Screaming
1941

The Canterville Ghost
1944

The Crowd Roars
1938

Behind Green Lights
1946

The Rawhide Years
1956

Who Done It?
1942

Women in the Wind
1939

The Milky Way
1936

Man on the Ledge
1955

No Place for a Lady
1943

Complicated Women
2003

The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939

The Animal Kingdom
1932

Swing Fever
1943

Within the Law
1939

Strange Impersonation
1946

British Agent
1934

Song of the Sarong
1945

Keep 'Em Flying
1941

Swell Guy
1946

A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942

The House of Fear
1939

Broadway Gondolier
1935

Some Blondes Are Dangerous
1937

Murder in the Music Hall
1946

They Knew What They Wanted
1940

Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941